Grammar references

You may find some of the following helpful if you are looking for more detail.
There are two types of grammars, divisible into two subgroups:

Prescriptive grammars, which tell you what is correct and what is wrong
Descriptive grammars which attempt to describe and analyse what native speakers actually say and write

The majority of the references here are of the second sort.

The subgroups are:

Pedagogic grammars intended for learners which usually simplify somewhat and make some assumptions regarding how language is learned. Examples from this list are Swan, 2005 and Foley and Hall, 1988.
Reference grammars intended for teachers and other researchers which try to be as complete and in-depth as possible. Examples below are Leech and Svartvik, 2003 and Miller, 2002.

The title of the book usually betrays what sort it is.

Many of the following have been drawn on when compiling language-analysis guides for this site.

Aitken, R, Longman, 1995	Teaching Tenses: Ideas for Presenting and Practising Tenses in English
Alexander, L. G, Longman, 1988	Longman English Grammar
Butt, D, Fahey, R, Feez, S, Spinks, S & Yallop, C, NCELTR, Sydney, 2000	Using Functional Grammar: an explorer's guide
Bygate, M, Tonkyn, A & Williams, E, Prentice-Hall, 1994	Grammar and the Language Teacher
Carter, R & Hughes, R, Cambridge University Press, 2007	Exploring Grammar in Context
Carter, R, Cambridge University Press, 2006	Cambridge Grammar of English
Chalker, S, Macmillan, 1984	Current English Grammar
Cowan, R, Cambridge University Press, 2008	The Teacher's Grammar of English: A Course Book and Reference Guide
Eastwood, J, Oxford University Press, 1999	Oxford Practice Grammar
Foley, M & Hall, D, Pearson, 1988	Longman advanced learners' grammar
Gerngross, G, Puchta, H & Thornbury, S, Helbling Languages, 2007	Teaching Grammar Creatively
Leech, G and Svartvik J, 3rd edition, Longman, 2003	A Communicative Grammar of English
Leech, G, Longman, 1987	Meaning and the English Verb
Lewis, M, Language Teaching Publications, 1986	The English Verb: An Exploration of Structure and Meaning
Lock, G, Cambridge University Press, 1996	Functional English Grammar
Miller, J, Edinburgh University Press, 2002	An Introduction to English Syntax
Murphy, R, Cambridge University Press, 2012	English Grammar in Use (4th Edition)
Palmer, F, Penguin, 1976	Grammar
Parrott, M, Cambridge University Press, 2010	Grammar for English Language Teachers (2nd Ed.)
Pinker, S, Penguin, 1995	The Language Instinct
Pinker, S, Phoenix, 1999	Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
Quirk, R, Greenbaum, S, Leech, G & Svartvik, J, Longman, 1972	A Grammar of Contemporary English
Scrivener, J, Macmillan, 2010	Teaching English Grammar
Sinclair, J, HarperCollins, 1990	Collins Cobuild English Grammar
Sinclair, J, HarperCollins, 1992	Collins Cobuild English Usage
Swan, M, Oxford University Press, 2005	Practical English Usage (3rd Ed.)
Thornbury, S, Longman, 1999	How to Teach Grammar
Thornbury, S, Macmillan, 2005	Uncovering Grammar
Thornbury, S, Oxford University Press, 2004	Natural Grammar
Wajnryb, R, Oxford University Press, 1990	Grammar Dictation
Willis, D, Cambridge University Press, 2003	Rules, Patterns and Words: Grammar and Lexis in English Language Teaching